School of Law, Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Justice Project, Non-Tenure Track

Salary Range: $80,000 - $85,000
Benefits Information: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits/

The Health Justice Project ( HJP) is an interprofessional program and clinic housed in the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy's top-ranked health law program at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. The HJP offers clinical and other experiential courses focused on access to health care, poverty law, and health equity. The HJP partners with Loyola Medicine and Loyola University's Stritch School of Medicine using the medical-legal partnership model to address the health harming legal needs of vulnerable patients through its Maywood MLP project. Students enrolled in the HJP clinic engage in direct client representation and policy advocacy to improve access to health care and public assistance programs, healthy stable housing, and supports and accommodations for persons with disabilities, and address other holistic social and legal needs to improve client health and well-being. The HJP also collaborates with faculty and students from social work, public health, medicine, nursing, and other university programs to provide community education and support and collaborative holistic legal care.

The Clinical Teaching Fellow will work in collaboration with the Director of the HJP, assisting with client representation, research and policy work, and supervision of law students. The fellow will also assist with teaching the HJP clinic course, the weekend HJP clinic course, and possibly other health justice courses. The fellow will engage in interprofessional collaborations with other university programs such as medicine, social work, public health, nursing, etc.

This fellowship offers leadership development, experience collaborating on an interprofessional team, clinical teaching experience, support for research and scholarship, and career growth for public interest attorneys. The fellowship is particularly well-suited for lawyers who are seeking a career in clinical law teaching or social and health justice advocacy. The ideal applicant has experience in an MLP, public interest, or law school clinic setting, is barred in Illinois by the start date (or bar eligible) and has experience in one or more of the following areas of law: public benefits, disability, housing, advance care planning, education, immigration, guardianship, civil rights, race-conscious lawyering, and/or family law. Teaching fellowships are 1-year positions with the possibility of renewal.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

Bachelor's and J.D. degrees required. Demonstrated interest in public interest law and two or more years of public interest direct legal and/or policy experience.

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret legal sources (including regulations, statutes, case law, administrative decisions, and legislative history), law periodicals, professional journals, and agency procedures. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and legal manuals in a variety of subjects, including housing, public benefits, immigration, education, trusts and estates, guardianship, health equity, and/or health law. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from partners, health center staff, clients, students, and the public.

Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and as part of a team. Detail-oriented. Flexible work attitude, ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with a small staff and frequent student turnover (due to semester-long courses and graduation).

Ability to successfully interact with a variety of people of various socio-economic, racial and ethnic, ability, and education levels and a strong commitment to client-centered lawyering. Excellent judgment, including sensitivity to diverse client and student needs, cultural nuances, and confidentiality. Interest in teaching students, serving low-income clients, and addressing health inequities.

Fluency in written and spoken Spanish is highly preferred.

Adept user of Internet, case management systems, e-mail, class management software and other office automation systems. Will be expected to oversee the installation and maintenance of case management and data collection system.

Bachelor's and J.D. degrees required. Demonstrated interest in public interest law and two or more years of public interest direct legal and/or policy experience.

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret legal sources (including regulations, statutes, case law, administrative decisions, and legislative history), law periodicals, professional journals, and agency procedures. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and legal manuals in a variety of subjects, including housing, public benefits, immigration, education, trusts and estates, guardianship, health equity, and/or health law. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from partners, health center staff, clients, students, and the public.

Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and as part of a team. Detail oriented. Flexible work attitude, ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with a small staff and frequent student turnover (due to semester long courses and graduation).

Ability to successfully interact with a variety of people of various socio-economic, racial and ethnic, ability, and education levels and a strong commitment to client-centered lawyering. Excellent judgment, including sensitivity to diverse client and student needs, cultural nuances, and confidentiality. Interest in teaching students, serving low-income clients, and addressing health inequities.

Fluency in written and spoken Spanish is highly preferred.

This salary range is for a twelve-month academic appointment. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on a range of factors including, but not limited to, the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since terminal degree; training; field or discipline; budget availability; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs.

Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. Position to begin in August 2026. Applicants are asked to complete an application through the Loyola University Chicago HR site and submit (1) a letter of interest, (2) curriculum vitae or resume, and (3) the names and contact information of three individuals prepared to provide professional references.

Direct applications to: https://www.careers.luc.edu. Make inquiries to: Kate Mitchell, Director, Health Justice Project, School of Law, Loyola University Chicago, by email kmitchell9@luc.edu.

As a Jesuit, Catholic institution of higher education, we seek candidates who will contribute to our strategic plan to deliver a Transformative Education in the Jesuit tradition. To learn more about Loyola University Chicago's mission, candidates should consult our website at www.luc.edu/mission/. For information about the university's focus on transformative education, they should consult our website at www.luc.edu/transformativeed.

Founded in 1870, Loyola University Chicago is one of the nation's largest Jesuit, Catholic universities, recognized for its academic excellence, commitment to community engagement, and leadership in sustainability. A Carnegie R1 research institution, Loyola leverages its status as one of an elite group of universities with the highest level of research activity to advance knowledge that serves communities and creates global impact. With 15 schools, colleges, and institutes-including Business, Law, Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences-Loyola operates three primary campuses in the greater Chicago area and one in Rome, Italy, that provide students a transformative, globally connected learning experience. Consistently ranked among the nation's top universities by U.S. News & World Report, Loyola is a STARS Gold-rated institution that is ranked as one of the country's most sustainable campuses by The Princeton Review and has earned distinctions from AmeriCorps and the Carnegie Foundation for its longstanding record of service and community engagement. Guided by its Jesuit mission and commitment to caring for the whole person, Loyola educates ethical leaders who think critically, act with purpose, and strive to create a more just and sustainable world.

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